Popularity Among Peer Role Models: A Moderator of Peer Victimization and Depressive Symptoms

This short-term, longitudinal study examines evidence that the level of popularity among adolescents’ peer role models exacerbates the emotional impact of mistreatment by peers. We recruited 469 adolescents (255 boys, 214 girls; [Formula: see text] age = 12.7 years) from an ethnically diverse middle school and followed these youth for a 1-year period. We collected identical measurement batteries in two consecutive waves. Participants completed a self-report assessment of depressive symptoms, as well as a peer-nomination inventory identifying victimized and popular classmates. The inventory also included items asking adolescents to identify peers they want to be like, respect, and admire. High popularity levels among peer role models were associated with intensified associations between peer victimization and depressive symptoms. However, these findings held only for boys. Taken together, these results suggest that victimization by peers is most detrimental for adolescent boys who seek to identify with their more socially dominant classmates.

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“Why Me?”: Characterological Self-Blame and Continued Victimization in the First Year of Middle School

10.31234/osf.io/9bgqs ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Hannah Schacter ◽

Samantha J. White ◽

Vickie Y. Chang ◽

Jaana Juvonen

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Risk Factor ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Peer Victimization ◽

Ethnically Diverse ◽

Self Report ◽

First Year ◽

Female Self ◽

Self Blame ◽

In The Beginning

Objective: This study examines the role of characterological self-blame as a unique risk factor associated with other known risk factors (depression and its behavioral and social correlates) for continued victimization across the first year of middle school. Method: Relying on a large, ethnically diverse sample of 1698 young adolescents (Mage=11.57, SD=.39; 55% female), self-report assessments in the fall and spring included perceptions of victim status, depressive symptoms, friendships, aggression, and responses to a hypothetical victimization vignette assessing both appraisals (characterological self-blame) and behavioral reactions (helpless responding). Results: In addition to depression, characterological self-blame emerged as the most consistent unique risk factor for subsequent victimization. Mediation analysis suggested that the continuity of victimization between fall and spring could be partially explained by increases in characterological self-blame and depressive symptoms. Additionally, cross-lagged panel analyses indicated reciprocal relations between peer victimization and characterological self-blame, suggesting cyclical processes. Conclusions: The study findings suggest that attribution-retraining in the beginning of middle school might help prevent escalating risk for continued peer victimization.

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Bidirectional relations of religious orientation and depressive symptoms in adolescents: A short-term longitudinal study.

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality ◽

10.1037/a0019125 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 24-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Patrick Pössel ◽

Nina C. Martin ◽

Judy Garber ◽

Aaron W. Banister ◽

Natalie K. Pickering ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Religious Orientation ◽

Short Term ◽

Bidirectional Relations

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Counselor Confirmation of Middle School Student Self-Reports of Bullying Victimization

Professional School Counseling ◽

10.1177/2156759x1101400402 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 2156759X1101400 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Dewey Cornell ◽

Sharmila B. Mehta

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

School Counselors ◽

Middle School Student ◽

Self Report ◽

School Students ◽

Self Reports ◽

Peer Nomination ◽

Survey Responses ◽

Victims Of Bullying

School counselors frequently use self-report surveys to assess bullying despite little research on their accuracy. In this study, counselor follow-up interviews found that only 24 (56%) of 43 middle school students who self-identified as victims of bullying could be confirmed as actual victims. Other students described peer conflicts that did not constitute bullying, mis-marked the survey, or reported previous bullying. Counselor judgments were supported by peer-nomination data and other survey responses indicative of victimization.

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A short-term longitudinal study of mental health and academic burnout among middle school students

The Korean Journal of School Psychology ◽

10.16983/kjsp.2011.8.2.133 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 133-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

신효정 ◽

김근화 ◽

노현경 ◽

Sang Min Lee ◽

김보영 ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Middle School ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Middle School Students ◽

Short Term ◽

School Students ◽

Academic Burnout

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Reciprocal relations between self-critical perfectionism and depressive symptoms: Evidence from a short-term, four-wave longitudinal study.

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement ◽

10.1037/a0027764 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 169-181 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Daniel S. McGrath ◽

Simon B. Sherry ◽

Sherry H. Stewart ◽

Aislin R. Mushquash ◽

Stephanie L. Allen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Short Term ◽

Reciprocal Relations

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For Better or Worse: Friendship Choices and Peer Victimization Among Ethnically Diverse Youth in the First Year of Middle School

Journal of Youth and Adolescence ◽

10.1007/s10964-016-0516-0 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 45 (9) ◽

pp. 1862-1876 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Leslie Echols ◽

Sandra Graham

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Peer Victimization ◽

Ethnically Diverse ◽

First Year ◽

Diverse Youth

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Associations Between Symptoms of Depression and Air Pollutant Exposure Among Older Adults: Results From the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging (TLSA)

Frontiers in Public Health ◽

10.3389/fpubh.2021.779192 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Kuan-Chin Wang ◽

Yuan-Ting C. Lo ◽

Chun-Cheng Liao ◽

Yann-Yuh Jou ◽

Han-Bin Huang

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Air Pollutants ◽

Ambient Air ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Air Pollutant ◽

Moving Averages ◽

Short Term ◽

Symptoms Of Depression

Background: Little epidemiological research has investigated the associations of air pollutant exposure over various time windows with older adults' symptoms of depression. This study aimed to analyze the relationships of long- and short-term ambient air pollution exposure (to coarse particulate matter, O3, SO2, CO, and NOx) with depressive symptoms in a sample of community-dwelling older adults.Methods: A sample of older adults (n = 1,956) was recruited from a nationally representative multiple-wave study (Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging). Between 1996 and 2007, four waves of surveys investigated depressive symptoms by using the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression questionnaire. We approximated air pollutant concentrations from 1995 to 2007 by using daily concentration data for five air pollutants at air quality monitoring stations in the administrative zone of participants' residences. after adjusting for covariates, we applied generalized linear mixed models to analyze associations for different exposure windows (7-, 14-, 21-, 30-, 60-, 90-, and 180-day and 1-year moving averages).Results: In a one-pollutant model, long- and short-term exposure to CO and NOx was associated with heightened risks of depressive symptoms; the odds ratio and corresponding 95% confidence interval for each interquartile range (IQR) increment in CO at 7-, 14-, 21-, 30-, 60-, 90-, and 180-day and 1-year moving averages were 1.232 (1.116, 1.361), 1.237 (1.136, 1.348), 1.216 (1.128, 1.311), 1.231 (1.133, 1.338), 1.224 (1.124, 1.332), 1.192 (1.106, 1.285), 1.228 (1.122, 1.344), and 1.180 (1.102, 1.265), respectively. Those for each IQR increment in NOx were 1.312 (1.158, 1.488), 1.274 (1.162, 1.398), 1.295 (1.178, 1.432), 1.310 (1.186, 1.447), 1.345 (1.209, 1.496), 1.348 (1.210, 1.501), 1.324 (1.192, 1.471), and 1.219 (1.130, 1.314), respectively. The exposure to PM10, O3, and SO2 over various windows were not significant. In the two-pollutant model, only the associations of NOx exposure with depressive symptoms remained robust after adjustment for any other pollutant.Conclusions: Exposure to traffic-associated air pollutants could increase depression risks among older adults.

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